Scoring Method

In order to get points from a dare, you must fulfill the criteria posted for each dare. Often, NaNoers will tally up their total dare points, often for extreme bragging rights and a crazy novel.

Have a character who always carries a towel with him/her.
+ if it's an MC
++ if the character is hitchhiking at some point in the novel
+++ if it's vital to the plot
+++ + if the towel is blue
Cookie/Cake: The character has read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

In this dare, we have the general dare set up used in Writing Dares.

The first line has the basis of the dare: this is worth one point.

As you go down the line, each additional criteria adds one point per + sign.

So, if I have a character who follows all the criteria above, I would have (1+1+2+3+4+cookie/cake) points, which adds up to 11 points + cookie/cake.

Some people count cookies/cake as one point: it's up to you what you do.

However, sometimes you may want every criteria satisfied but one or two. So if I have a blue-towel-carrying character who is NOT a main character, but is hitchhiking, and is not vital to the plot, I have just 7 points. Take the value of the + signs.

About Dares

Every year thousands of hundreds of people gather to write a novel in a month. One of the extraordinary features of this is the DARES that are frequently taken, left, and exchanged on the NaNoWriMo forums. I have begun gathering these dares in one spot.
As I'm currently traveling with questionable internet access, this website is updated with leaps and bounds of dares all at once. When things settle down, the updates will be about once a day.
If you have dares, questions, etc, leave a comment on the Suggestions page. If you have extras to add to a dare, comment on the dare's page.